Chapter 1 Minimum Flows and Levels - Southwest Florida Water ...
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Elevaton (NGVD)<br />
27.0<br />
22.0<br />
17.0<br />
12.0<br />
Popash<br />
Oak/popash<br />
Hickory/oak<br />
Oak/cabbage palm<br />
Pine/oak<br />
Oak mix<br />
7.0<br />
2.0<br />
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15<br />
Transect (Upstream<br />
Downstream)<br />
Figure 5-7. Median elevations of vegetation classes at floodplain vegetation/soils<br />
transects along the Braden River.<br />
Table 5-5. Median relative elevations (height in feet above the river channel bottom), of<br />
vegetation classes at floodplain vegetation/soils transects along the Braden River.<br />
Transect Popash Oak/ popash Hickory/oak<br />
Oak/cabbage<br />
Oak<br />
Pine/oak/<br />
palm<br />
mix<br />
1 7.8 9.1<br />
2 5.5 7.9 8.3<br />
3 7.5 7.8 9.4<br />
4 6.8 5.1 .<br />
5 10.2<br />
6 6.0 7.6 9.2 11.4<br />
7 10.7<br />
8 11.6 11.4<br />
9 11.6 16.8<br />
10 16.5<br />
11 11.2<br />
12 19.2 12.3<br />
13 8.1<br />
14 4.9 5.8 9.5 15.2<br />
15 7.6 13.2<br />
*Shaded cells indicate community absence of vegetation class on a transect.<br />
Downstream Upstream<br />
The soils along the Braden River are dominated by s<strong>and</strong>, limestone, <strong>and</strong> clay<br />
rather than by organic materials (USDA/SCS 1989). Hydric soil conditions along<br />
transects occurred at lower median elevations when compared with non-hydric<br />
(upl<strong>and</strong>) soils (Wilcoxon Sign Rank; S = 18; p < 0.01). Furthermore, hydric,<br />
muck, <strong>and</strong> saturated soils conditions were characterized by lower elevations<br />
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